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<blockquote data-quote="Big Cheese" data-source="post: 1224457" data-attributes="member: 23385"><p>Its always going to be a gradual process to grow unless you just go out and spend the money to buy however many you want or need. We've been expanding since we got back in the cow business a couple of years ago. We started out just buying a few young 300-600 pound heifers that were skinny and needed some groceries from time to time since we were in it for a hobby. But we are in it big again and from my experience in growing this is how I would handle it...mainly because this is what we did and it worked really well.</p><p></p><p>I would keep a few of my heifers every year so that you wont go in the hole on feeding them and keeping them up. That way you wont lose much money at sale time and you will gain cows cheaper. Then, throughout the year I would buy a bred cow or heifer from time to time. Either from a buyer/saler or from the barn or from someone you know that has to sell good cows every now and then. You can grow quick doing that if you know a buyer/saler. They will be able to get you exactly what you want for the price you want. This way you won't feel like your spending all kinds of money on cows and you will be growing in the process. Then, once you get to the number you want you can start keeping heifers every year as replacements and cull out the old cows and you will keep on rolling on along.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Cheese, post: 1224457, member: 23385"] Its always going to be a gradual process to grow unless you just go out and spend the money to buy however many you want or need. We've been expanding since we got back in the cow business a couple of years ago. We started out just buying a few young 300-600 pound heifers that were skinny and needed some groceries from time to time since we were in it for a hobby. But we are in it big again and from my experience in growing this is how I would handle it...mainly because this is what we did and it worked really well. I would keep a few of my heifers every year so that you wont go in the hole on feeding them and keeping them up. That way you wont lose much money at sale time and you will gain cows cheaper. Then, throughout the year I would buy a bred cow or heifer from time to time. Either from a buyer/saler or from the barn or from someone you know that has to sell good cows every now and then. You can grow quick doing that if you know a buyer/saler. They will be able to get you exactly what you want for the price you want. This way you won't feel like your spending all kinds of money on cows and you will be growing in the process. Then, once you get to the number you want you can start keeping heifers every year as replacements and cull out the old cows and you will keep on rolling on along. [/QUOTE]
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