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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 987492" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>I don't buy many pretty ones. They generally cost too much. Thin works better but only to an extent. A real thin old grandman cow is tough to put weight on. So I would say on the thin side but not too skinny. My all time favorite is a cow with lice. The lice will pull them down and make them look tough. They will sell cheap as a result. But how hard is it to kill lice? People pass on these all the time and I make money on them.</p><p>Last winter in December I bought one pen of ten broken mouth bred cows. Paid $810 a head for them. All black and blackwhite face that averaged 1,300 pounds. One lost her calf. I canned her that week for $860 net. I had some feed, etc into her so I broke even. The others weaned 9 calves that I averaged $852.50 on the first week in October. The 9 remaining cows sold for $780 average when I sold them in early Sept (the day I weaned calves). I grossed $1,642 minus the original $810 and 140 days of winter feed at $1.50 a day, and about 5 months of pasture at $20 a month per head. So that is $1,120 plus some misc. cost (vaccine, hauling, etc). $1,642 minus $1,120 is $522. I can cover a lot of misc cost for $522 and still have some to put into my pocket.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 987492, member: 498"] I don't buy many pretty ones. They generally cost too much. Thin works better but only to an extent. A real thin old grandman cow is tough to put weight on. So I would say on the thin side but not too skinny. My all time favorite is a cow with lice. The lice will pull them down and make them look tough. They will sell cheap as a result. But how hard is it to kill lice? People pass on these all the time and I make money on them. Last winter in December I bought one pen of ten broken mouth bred cows. Paid $810 a head for them. All black and blackwhite face that averaged 1,300 pounds. One lost her calf. I canned her that week for $860 net. I had some feed, etc into her so I broke even. The others weaned 9 calves that I averaged $852.50 on the first week in October. The 9 remaining cows sold for $780 average when I sold them in early Sept (the day I weaned calves). I grossed $1,642 minus the original $810 and 140 days of winter feed at $1.50 a day, and about 5 months of pasture at $20 a month per head. So that is $1,120 plus some misc. cost (vaccine, hauling, etc). $1,642 minus $1,120 is $522. I can cover a lot of misc cost for $522 and still have some to put into my pocket. [/QUOTE]
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