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<blockquote data-quote="creekdrive" data-source="post: 1344758" data-attributes="member: 21216"><p>Never had one go for 2 years. The one that we didn't catch was 5 or 6 years ago and saw the bull breeding her a day or two after we turned bulls out. She was gone the next time we made a trip to the auction. </p><p></p><p>We have figured out the numbers and we couldn't make it pencil out. I'm not sure what the cost would be to do the whole herd of 250+ cows but when we have done smaller groups (the last time we did some I think it was about 20 cows) the cost was $35/cow. Say if they gave you a rate of $20 for 250 head that would still be $5000. This past year we had 8 open cows out of 250 - 3 we sold in November (which is when they come off of pasture usually) the rest we waited till June, that way anything that lost it's calf etc could go on the same trailer load (the auction is over an hour away, so we try to make as a few trips as possible). The 5 open cows we kept over the winter didn't come close to costing what it would've to preg check the whole herd. </p><p></p><p>I'm not saying it's not a smart thing to do. Just in our situation we have never been able to make it pencil out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="creekdrive, post: 1344758, member: 21216"] Never had one go for 2 years. The one that we didn't catch was 5 or 6 years ago and saw the bull breeding her a day or two after we turned bulls out. She was gone the next time we made a trip to the auction. We have figured out the numbers and we couldn't make it pencil out. I'm not sure what the cost would be to do the whole herd of 250+ cows but when we have done smaller groups (the last time we did some I think it was about 20 cows) the cost was $35/cow. Say if they gave you a rate of $20 for 250 head that would still be $5000. This past year we had 8 open cows out of 250 - 3 we sold in November (which is when they come off of pasture usually) the rest we waited till June, that way anything that lost it's calf etc could go on the same trailer load (the auction is over an hour away, so we try to make as a few trips as possible). The 5 open cows we kept over the winter didn't come close to costing what it would've to preg check the whole herd. I'm not saying it's not a smart thing to do. Just in our situation we have never been able to make it pencil out. [/QUOTE]
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