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<blockquote data-quote="dph" data-source="post: 149236" data-attributes="member: 2112"><p>All right, my opinion, for what ever that is worth. You want to know if you can make a profit at it, right? What are you risking up front? Your buying heifer calves at what seems to be considered the peak of the current cattle cycle, and selling bred heifers almost a year later? Why risk it?</p><p></p><p>A sale on superior this week had a guy sell his 100 open heifer replacements for $950/head. Best quality they had at the sale. Now another guy sold the best quality bred heifers at the sale (350 and same kind) for around a $1300 avergae. Can you justify keeping the heifer back and breeding her for $350/head, minus bull, feed, pasture, AI, vet, labor, open rate, etc., while keeping in mind that there is a strong likelyhood the market will get cheaper, cutting into that $350. I think you are at the wrong end of the cattle cycle regardless of breed. just my $.02</p><p></p><p>Good luck either way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dph, post: 149236, member: 2112"] All right, my opinion, for what ever that is worth. You want to know if you can make a profit at it, right? What are you risking up front? Your buying heifer calves at what seems to be considered the peak of the current cattle cycle, and selling bred heifers almost a year later? Why risk it? A sale on superior this week had a guy sell his 100 open heifer replacements for $950/head. Best quality they had at the sale. Now another guy sold the best quality bred heifers at the sale (350 and same kind) for around a $1300 avergae. Can you justify keeping the heifer back and breeding her for $350/head, minus bull, feed, pasture, AI, vet, labor, open rate, etc., while keeping in mind that there is a strong likelyhood the market will get cheaper, cutting into that $350. I think you are at the wrong end of the cattle cycle regardless of breed. just my $.02 Good luck either way. [/QUOTE]
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