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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1810498" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>It appears that at the Tulsa Stockyards, a 500 pound brought $2.70 per pound or more ($1,350+). It looks like you could make the most money by buying the calves for $500 and going straight to the sale with them. Something sure seems wrong with this scenario. If they are good calves, I would feel really guilty taking advantage of a friend like that.</p><p></p><p>You mention that you're considering running two horses on that 10 acres with the three calves. That might work, but many horses can be quite aggressive with calves. They will often dominate them and keep them off any feed you bring. If a horse decides to kick a calf, the calf could be seriously hurt or even killed. This is just my opinion based on my own horses, but I wouldn't do it. I would do it on a 100 acres, where they could keep plenty of distance between each other, but I would be careful to never offer the calves feed when the horses were around.</p><p></p><p>I also suspect there would not be enough grass for 3 calves and two horses. I looked up your location and I see you get 47 inches of rain per year, so you could feed a lot more animals on 10 acres than much of the country, but 10 acres isn't very big and horses are much harder on pasture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1810498, member: 9933"] It appears that at the Tulsa Stockyards, a 500 pound brought $2.70 per pound or more ($1,350+). It looks like you could make the most money by buying the calves for $500 and going straight to the sale with them. Something sure seems wrong with this scenario. If they are good calves, I would feel really guilty taking advantage of a friend like that. You mention that you're considering running two horses on that 10 acres with the three calves. That might work, but many horses can be quite aggressive with calves. They will often dominate them and keep them off any feed you bring. If a horse decides to kick a calf, the calf could be seriously hurt or even killed. This is just my opinion based on my own horses, but I wouldn't do it. I would do it on a 100 acres, where they could keep plenty of distance between each other, but I would be careful to never offer the calves feed when the horses were around. I also suspect there would not be enough grass for 3 calves and two horses. I looked up your location and I see you get 47 inches of rain per year, so you could feed a lot more animals on 10 acres than much of the country, but 10 acres isn't very big and horses are much harder on pasture. [/QUOTE]
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