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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 17670"><p>> hey i just inherited 40 acres in</p><p>> north central texas and was</p><p>> thinking about putting some cattle</p><p>> on it. I need some good advice so</p><p>> as to avoid as many mistakes as</p><p>> possible. the acreage is mostly</p><p>> pasture(native grasses) and fenced</p><p>> around the perimeter. What would</p><p>> you guys do? I mainly just want to</p><p>> supplement my present income.</p><p></p><p>It depends which side of I35 your land is on. If it is east of I35 you would be able to run about 1 cow per 2 to 3 acres; on the west side you could raise less cows, mabe 1 cow per 3 to 5 acres. So for forty acres of grass east of I35 you would be able to support about 16 cows at an average of 2.5 acres per cow. For a cow/calf program your annual cow maintence costs would be about $350 to $450 per cow per year with proper management. Management practices would include cross fencing the 40 Ac. into smaller paddocks to allow the grass time to regrow between grazing; grass needs about 30 days rest to recover. With your cow costs per year averaging $400 per cow that would require $6400 per year to feed and manage the herd. your expected income today might be 16 cows producing a 90 percient calf crop with good management would produce 14 calves, half bulls and half heifers. Assume you keep the calves on the cows until they reach 500 lbs., about six to eight months. You might wean the calves and put them on a preconditioning program for 45 days and sell them to a order buyer or throught the local sale barn, announcing the preconditioning program, they may bring about .85 to 1.00 per lb. for the bulls and .80 to .95 per lb. for the heifers. The 7 bulls would gross an average of $3237.50 and the heifers would average $3062.50. Your possible average gross income would be $6300. Now you have not considered the cost of the cows or any death loss and already you have loss $100. Also if you don't live nearby feeding in the winter may be a problem.</p><p></p><p>You might do better with stockers (weaned calves weighting about 500 lbs) and put them on grass until they reach about 750 lbs. you can run more of them and if you only graze them during the growing season you would not have to worry about feeding in the winter.</p><p></p><p>Better than that learn how to grow grasses and contract to graze out other peoples calves. Your inveatment would be less and you may have an advantage to make money.</p><p></p><p>The beef business offers a good tax write off on your income taxes and if you are large enough you might even make a few dollars.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, Harry</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:sillco@compufort.com">sillco@compufort.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 17670"] > hey i just inherited 40 acres in > north central texas and was > thinking about putting some cattle > on it. I need some good advice so > as to avoid as many mistakes as > possible. the acreage is mostly > pasture(native grasses) and fenced > around the perimeter. What would > you guys do? I mainly just want to > supplement my present income. It depends which side of I35 your land is on. If it is east of I35 you would be able to run about 1 cow per 2 to 3 acres; on the west side you could raise less cows, mabe 1 cow per 3 to 5 acres. So for forty acres of grass east of I35 you would be able to support about 16 cows at an average of 2.5 acres per cow. For a cow/calf program your annual cow maintence costs would be about $350 to $450 per cow per year with proper management. Management practices would include cross fencing the 40 Ac. into smaller paddocks to allow the grass time to regrow between grazing; grass needs about 30 days rest to recover. With your cow costs per year averaging $400 per cow that would require $6400 per year to feed and manage the herd. your expected income today might be 16 cows producing a 90 percient calf crop with good management would produce 14 calves, half bulls and half heifers. Assume you keep the calves on the cows until they reach 500 lbs., about six to eight months. You might wean the calves and put them on a preconditioning program for 45 days and sell them to a order buyer or throught the local sale barn, announcing the preconditioning program, they may bring about .85 to 1.00 per lb. for the bulls and .80 to .95 per lb. for the heifers. The 7 bulls would gross an average of $3237.50 and the heifers would average $3062.50. Your possible average gross income would be $6300. Now you have not considered the cost of the cows or any death loss and already you have loss $100. Also if you don't live nearby feeding in the winter may be a problem. You might do better with stockers (weaned calves weighting about 500 lbs) and put them on grass until they reach about 750 lbs. you can run more of them and if you only graze them during the growing season you would not have to worry about feeding in the winter. Better than that learn how to grow grasses and contract to graze out other peoples calves. Your inveatment would be less and you may have an advantage to make money. The beef business offers a good tax write off on your income taxes and if you are large enough you might even make a few dollars. Good luck, Harry [email=sillco@compufort.com]sillco@compufort.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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