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<blockquote data-quote="marksmu" data-source="post: 677648" data-attributes="member: 9219"><p>Ask me again in a year, and Ill give you the gods honest answer on 20 pairs.</p><p></p><p>I bought 20 pairs in May, @$1050/pr.....we had one little calf die 2 weeks after purchase, she had pneumonia, and was only 10 days old at the time of purchase. Since then, her momma cow looks terrific and just recently was bred back...some of our first year cows that are still nursing some larger calves are lookin a bit rough bc of the heat we have had, and the extreme drought...but the calves all look great, and its not time to pull them just yet. </p><p></p><p>Since purchase our input costs have consisted of 1 50lb bag of 20% protein cubes ($8.99) per week (actually 2 bags per week during the first 3 weeks to help acclimate) to keep them gentle and so they will follow my gator into the next field....I dont count lost opportunity for hay, or lost lease income, or any of those numbers...I am looking purely 100% at actual cost incurred and what I get when I sell my first group. I have not fertilized (no need this year), and I have not needed to do anything else yet. They were all vacinatted and tagged prior to purchase.</p><p></p><p>We are going to have to mow this weekend, which will be the first time this year, b/c the cows are not trampling the bean trees as much as I had hoped, and they will be going to seed soon...but other than that, I figure my expenses are $9/wk at this point, and my loss is about $400 for the calf that died.</p><p></p><p>I keep meticulous records of every expenses, gallon of diesel, mile incurred to get to the ranch, hours on the tractor etc...at the end of the year, I intend to determine whether or not this is profitable, or if its just cheaper than mowing...Im hoping for a profit, but Im happy with just cheaper than mowing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marksmu, post: 677648, member: 9219"] Ask me again in a year, and Ill give you the gods honest answer on 20 pairs. I bought 20 pairs in May, @$1050/pr.....we had one little calf die 2 weeks after purchase, she had pneumonia, and was only 10 days old at the time of purchase. Since then, her momma cow looks terrific and just recently was bred back...some of our first year cows that are still nursing some larger calves are lookin a bit rough bc of the heat we have had, and the extreme drought...but the calves all look great, and its not time to pull them just yet. Since purchase our input costs have consisted of 1 50lb bag of 20% protein cubes ($8.99) per week (actually 2 bags per week during the first 3 weeks to help acclimate) to keep them gentle and so they will follow my gator into the next field....I dont count lost opportunity for hay, or lost lease income, or any of those numbers...I am looking purely 100% at actual cost incurred and what I get when I sell my first group. I have not fertilized (no need this year), and I have not needed to do anything else yet. They were all vacinatted and tagged prior to purchase. We are going to have to mow this weekend, which will be the first time this year, b/c the cows are not trampling the bean trees as much as I had hoped, and they will be going to seed soon...but other than that, I figure my expenses are $9/wk at this point, and my loss is about $400 for the calf that died. I keep meticulous records of every expenses, gallon of diesel, mile incurred to get to the ranch, hours on the tractor etc...at the end of the year, I intend to determine whether or not this is profitable, or if its just cheaper than mowing...Im hoping for a profit, but Im happy with just cheaper than mowing. [/QUOTE]
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