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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 993754" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I don't think I ever mentioned the cash value of any cow, nor the cash feed costs to feed them... I was only thinking about the relative costs from one cow in the herd to the next.</p><p></p><p>I completely agree with everything you say Bez, and get no argument from me... I'll tell you right now, that if one of our cows eats on a yearly average a half a bale a day's worth of feed (they pig out in pasture), that's $4/day per cow = ~$100 bucks a day for the herd = $36500 in feed costs, or about $1500 per cow per year ... we're not even close to making money off cows... they're there to give us manure, which enables us to grow other things which pay better. Cows to have one good thing going for them is that you can always sell them, and as many as you want, other crops are harder to sell.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Back to what I was originally going on about.... If a cow and her offspring routinely get culled at 6 years old, they probably aren't much good... On the other hand, if they all have a dozen calves, you don't need to keep as many replacements, which means you have more calves going to the sale barn.</p><p></p><p>There are also things that is really hard to put numbers on... like handlability, for those who don't have really good penning facilities... I vaccinated my whole herd except for 2 animals while they were eating hay this year... I quite like that, but indeed it may not be of value to someone else</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 993754, member: 9096"] I don't think I ever mentioned the cash value of any cow, nor the cash feed costs to feed them... I was only thinking about the relative costs from one cow in the herd to the next. I completely agree with everything you say Bez, and get no argument from me... I'll tell you right now, that if one of our cows eats on a yearly average a half a bale a day's worth of feed (they pig out in pasture), that's $4/day per cow = ~$100 bucks a day for the herd = $36500 in feed costs, or about $1500 per cow per year ... we're not even close to making money off cows... they're there to give us manure, which enables us to grow other things which pay better. Cows to have one good thing going for them is that you can always sell them, and as many as you want, other crops are harder to sell. Back to what I was originally going on about.... If a cow and her offspring routinely get culled at 6 years old, they probably aren't much good... On the other hand, if they all have a dozen calves, you don't need to keep as many replacements, which means you have more calves going to the sale barn. There are also things that is really hard to put numbers on... like handlability, for those who don't have really good penning facilities... I vaccinated my whole herd except for 2 animals while they were eating hay this year... I quite like that, but indeed it may not be of value to someone else [/QUOTE]
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