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<blockquote data-quote="Toad" data-source="post: 1238026" data-attributes="member: 20188"><p>I ran steers on grass a number of years before switching over to cow calf several years ago. I've been slowly picking up bred cows and heifers over that time. I haven't bought anything fancy and mostly older cows. I've payed anywhere between $750 to $1200 for all the cows on my place and less then that for some of the ones I bought at 400lb and raised. The calves I sold this spring off of these cows averaged $1,265. The best one was a 8 month old steer off a $750 cow that sold for $1472. </p><p> I look for old cows that still have good bags and good feet. Normally if you can only get one calf out of them you will make money. I run an pb angus bull back on them and have gotten a fairly uniform calf crop the next year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toad, post: 1238026, member: 20188"] I ran steers on grass a number of years before switching over to cow calf several years ago. I've been slowly picking up bred cows and heifers over that time. I haven't bought anything fancy and mostly older cows. I've payed anywhere between $750 to $1200 for all the cows on my place and less then that for some of the ones I bought at 400lb and raised. The calves I sold this spring off of these cows averaged $1,265. The best one was a 8 month old steer off a $750 cow that sold for $1472. I look for old cows that still have good bags and good feet. Normally if you can only get one calf out of them you will make money. I run an pb angus bull back on them and have gotten a fairly uniform calf crop the next year. [/QUOTE]
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