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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 214972" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>There are a number of previous posts on this and the majority opinion was that you do not get enough of a premium to make it worth while. I have seen a couple studies on this and done a lot of "post conditioning" myself.</p><p></p><p>One study calculated that preconditioning was worth about $50 a head to the feedlot. So you should get about a $10/cwt. premium on a 5 wt. calf if the buyers agree...</p><p>Some other studies (google Harlan Hughes) calculated that a major variable was ADG. They assumed you weaned the calves, managed to have a small death loss, and got over 2 lb/day to make a profit after covering your costs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 214972, member: 1715"] There are a number of previous posts on this and the majority opinion was that you do not get enough of a premium to make it worth while. I have seen a couple studies on this and done a lot of "post conditioning" myself. One study calculated that preconditioning was worth about $50 a head to the feedlot. So you should get about a $10/cwt. premium on a 5 wt. calf if the buyers agree... Some other studies (google Harlan Hughes) calculated that a major variable was ADG. They assumed you weaned the calves, managed to have a small death loss, and got over 2 lb/day to make a profit after covering your costs. [/QUOTE]
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