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<blockquote data-quote="BFE" data-source="post: 1778283" data-attributes="member: 28532"><p>Are you able to run more cows per acre now vs. your old charolais herd?</p><p>Did your charolais herd require more supplemental feed than now to maintain?</p><p>I'm confident that today you would see a 20-30 cent dock in char calves so we won't even got there. Don't know about 30 years past.</p><p>Other factors I'm not thinking of?</p><p></p><p>I find this interesting. The biggest names in AAA are WW chasers. A sale catalog I received recently had many high 9 weight and even 1000+ WW bulls. I understand, they sell stock for prices way above what commercial calves bring, but as KYH said, many factors come into play.</p><p></p><p>I find myself torn between low cost production and running small numbers due to limited availability of pasture and increasing herd size with more produced feed and more overhead. Low cost has always won so far, due to return on investment, but it is the most limiting factor of expansion. Low cost has the best exit strategy by far, in worst case scenarios. Any type of farming/ranching is geared towards get big or get out and economies of scale, however, so small production has its disadvantages too. Not looking for a silver bullet here, just trying to keep a good discussion going and get some valuable input.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BFE, post: 1778283, member: 28532"] Are you able to run more cows per acre now vs. your old charolais herd? Did your charolais herd require more supplemental feed than now to maintain? I'm confident that today you would see a 20-30 cent dock in char calves so we won't even got there. Don't know about 30 years past. Other factors I'm not thinking of? I find this interesting. The biggest names in AAA are WW chasers. A sale catalog I received recently had many high 9 weight and even 1000+ WW bulls. I understand, they sell stock for prices way above what commercial calves bring, but as KYH said, many factors come into play. I find myself torn between low cost production and running small numbers due to limited availability of pasture and increasing herd size with more produced feed and more overhead. Low cost has always won so far, due to return on investment, but it is the most limiting factor of expansion. Low cost has the best exit strategy by far, in worst case scenarios. Any type of farming/ranching is geared towards get big or get out and economies of scale, however, so small production has its disadvantages too. Not looking for a silver bullet here, just trying to keep a good discussion going and get some valuable input. [/QUOTE]
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