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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 37509"><p>Oops I appologize again,, I am in North Dakota, the buyer was out and he eyed them up at 675 herd average, my guess was 650 but he,s been in the business for 40 years and I am a rookie. The oldtimers around here claim the gain gets better up here once the grass dries up a little thru august and sept. The bunch averaged 515 whenI bought and went to pasture on May 14 after a few days of pen feeding. I did not figure shrink into the picture... They will be hauled about 10 miles to a lcal scale and shipped right away I believe. If I go with myguess of 650 and my beginning avg of 515 I put on138 lbs in69 days so far which hits 1.95/ day. The buyer wants them on sept 20. that gives me 56 days.If either the buyer guess on weight or the old timers words on late summer grass prove be right, I will make weight (if all my ciphering is right,my head is spinning) There are so many things to think about I don't see how any fulltime rancher could keep up with it. I really respect you guys that do this for a living and a little jealous</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 37509"] Oops I appologize again,, I am in North Dakota, the buyer was out and he eyed them up at 675 herd average, my guess was 650 but he,s been in the business for 40 years and I am a rookie. The oldtimers around here claim the gain gets better up here once the grass dries up a little thru august and sept. The bunch averaged 515 whenI bought and went to pasture on May 14 after a few days of pen feeding. I did not figure shrink into the picture... They will be hauled about 10 miles to a lcal scale and shipped right away I believe. If I go with myguess of 650 and my beginning avg of 515 I put on138 lbs in69 days so far which hits 1.95/ day. The buyer wants them on sept 20. that gives me 56 days.If either the buyer guess on weight or the old timers words on late summer grass prove be right, I will make weight (if all my ciphering is right,my head is spinning) There are so many things to think about I don't see how any fulltime rancher could keep up with it. I really respect you guys that do this for a living and a little jealous [/QUOTE]
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