denoginnizer":zjx8l1t6 said:
I wonder how long it takes a commercial cow man to make a profit with a 1600 heifer . If calf prices remain as low as they are today?
actually less time than it takes a registered guy to make a profit on a $2000 reg cow :lol:
Ok lets look at #s the hfrs I bought this yr cost avg of $1525 all but 3 had calves by their side they are guaranteed to calve and I know what kind of calves they will throw in future yrs because of genetics in his herd
or I can go to the sale barn and give $1100-$1250 for bred hfrs don't know what they are other than by looking at them
lets say I buy 50 from both places
sale barn hfrs cost me $58,750 the ones off the ranch cost me $70,000 ok they are all bred hfrs no calfs on them the ones I get from the sale barn are supposed to be bred in 75 days they wind up taking 90 days to calve I pull 10 calves out of the sale barn cows and lose 3 also 5 of them don't calve at all
The ones off the ranch are bred for 60 days and calve out in 65 days I don't pull one and lose no calves because of birthing problems also 3 of them don't calf for some odd reason
sale barn cows I just lost 8 hfrs because of the calving probs so that cost me 8 x$1175=$8400
the ones off the ranch I sell the one that didn't calve and he refunds the diff from what I get at the sale barn so I didn't lose anything so my cost in the remaining ones is $65,800 the ones from the sale barn cost me $4000 after I sell them that is 8x$550=$4400 subtract that from the original cost of those 8 which was $8400
sale barn cows$58750 - 4000=54750 in 42 cows for an avg price of $1303.57
ranch cows $70000-4200=$65800 in 47 cows for an avg price of$1400.00 and because he knows what my cows are he buys my calfs back at market or above and I pay no freight or commission so if the ranch calves weigh 550# and bring $1.05 that is $577.50pr hd if the sale barn calves weigh 525# and bring $1.02 that is $535.50 and then I pay commision and freight at $26.50 per hd $1113 so the sale barn calves netted $21378 and the ones from the ranch netted $27142.50 so it doesn't take as long to pay the difference when you put the pencil to it