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Outlook for Backgrounding Calves 06/07
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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 301783" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>The feeder future prices look OK to me at about $100/cwt, but unless you forward contract in some way they are just a midpoint guess. Half the people think feeders will be worth more than that and half the people think feeders will be worth less than that...</p><p></p><p>There are quite a few backgrounding budgets on the web. They often show a modest profit around $30 a head. I think some of the keys to doing better than that are:</p><p></p><p>1) high average daily gain - processing & selling cost eat you up if you are not getting enough gain on an animal</p><p>2) local feed source - you cann't afford to pay mill prices most of the time</p><p>3) low death loss - if it is over 3% you need to make some changes</p><p>4) genetics - buying cattle you can push without getting them too fleshy</p><p></p><p>Dun gave some great advise. Start small and good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 301783, member: 1715"] The feeder future prices look OK to me at about $100/cwt, but unless you forward contract in some way they are just a midpoint guess. Half the people think feeders will be worth more than that and half the people think feeders will be worth less than that... There are quite a few backgrounding budgets on the web. They often show a modest profit around $30 a head. I think some of the keys to doing better than that are: 1) high average daily gain - processing & selling cost eat you up if you are not getting enough gain on an animal 2) local feed source - you cann't afford to pay mill prices most of the time 3) low death loss - if it is over 3% you need to make some changes 4) genetics - buying cattle you can push without getting them too fleshy Dun gave some great advise. Start small and good luck! [/QUOTE]
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