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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 1122579" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>I figured this out about 10 years ago and have sold accordingly ever since. Never keep any young stock over the 800 lb mark as you never get paid for your feed/time/effort. Unless of course you are selling fats or have volumes that can fill pots. In the low price years and low-cost feed, green yearlings make the most money. But nowadays, I am money ahead on selling calves. You can gross a few hundred dollars more by keeping calves to yearling, but if you lose one nowadays, it takes more of them to make up the difference. It might work with fall calves and cheap gain on grass, but it certainly does not work with spring calves - again, unless you have volume.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 1122579, member: 1682"] I figured this out about 10 years ago and have sold accordingly ever since. Never keep any young stock over the 800 lb mark as you never get paid for your feed/time/effort. Unless of course you are selling fats or have volumes that can fill pots. In the low price years and low-cost feed, green yearlings make the most money. But nowadays, I am money ahead on selling calves. You can gross a few hundred dollars more by keeping calves to yearling, but if you lose one nowadays, it takes more of them to make up the difference. It might work with fall calves and cheap gain on grass, but it certainly does not work with spring calves - again, unless you have volume. [/QUOTE]
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