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<blockquote data-quote="irked" data-source="post: 685279" data-attributes="member: 7861"><p>all of the talk about producing calves that reach slaughter weights at 12-14 months might be good for the purebred breeder who likes to chase larger and larger numbers. and it's surely good for the feedlot manager whose job it is to sell corn. calf-feds that come in weighing 500-600 and can be pushed hard to slaughter as yearlings surely make him more money than cattle that come in at heavier weights and require less time on feed. but with the paradigm shift within the cattle industry the last few years due to corn prices, those cattle aren't necessarily more profitable for ranchers. the last few years have seen graziers have the opportunity to buy calves at weaning in the fall and sell them 200-300 pounds heavier without facing any rollback in price on their inweights. sometimes they can even be bought for less per pound than they can be sold for as yearlings. weaning calves and taking them to around 800 pounds on your own grass and selling them as yearlings will likely return a lot more to your bottom line. as long as corn remains at these price levels or higher, a growthy bull like this one should be a money maker for anybody interested in doing that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="irked, post: 685279, member: 7861"] all of the talk about producing calves that reach slaughter weights at 12-14 months might be good for the purebred breeder who likes to chase larger and larger numbers. and it's surely good for the feedlot manager whose job it is to sell corn. calf-feds that come in weighing 500-600 and can be pushed hard to slaughter as yearlings surely make him more money than cattle that come in at heavier weights and require less time on feed. but with the paradigm shift within the cattle industry the last few years due to corn prices, those cattle aren't necessarily more profitable for ranchers. the last few years have seen graziers have the opportunity to buy calves at weaning in the fall and sell them 200-300 pounds heavier without facing any rollback in price on their inweights. sometimes they can even be bought for less per pound than they can be sold for as yearlings. weaning calves and taking them to around 800 pounds on your own grass and selling them as yearlings will likely return a lot more to your bottom line. as long as corn remains at these price levels or higher, a growthy bull like this one should be a money maker for anybody interested in doing that. [/QUOTE]
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