Profit cow calf operation

[hurleyjd]

https://www.drovers.com/article/cattle- ... IifQ%3D%3D

 

[ddd75]

interesting.. i was just reading how they are reaping record profits right now.. especially with record exports.

 

[Son of Butch]

Traditionally average cow calf operator makes more than a Wal-Mart greeter and less than the assistant to the manager at MacDonald's. Local MacDonald's is advertising help wanted $15 hr which is more than a 200 cow herd returns at $128 hd per year. Just depends on how you want to spend your time.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Had to get two cow calf experts to calculate profit the same. Lots of ways to approach allocations, overhead, and "one time" costs. Some just leave them out to keep it simple... So you see annual cows costs ranging from about U$S 500 to 1000.

Average producer here loses money because he exposes about 20 cows, weans about 15 calves, and drives a green FWA cab tractor. Go figure.

It would be nice to see an article on net worth once in a while, and less articles using non approved accounting methods to show a "profit".