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<blockquote data-quote="johndeerefarmer" data-source="post: 1059803" data-attributes="member: 2084"><p>Well after three years of drought I am down to less than half my normal carrying capacity and need to expand. In the past I have always kept my heifer calves back and used them for replacements. This new Angus bull however for the last two years has given me about 85% bulls- I can't complain about the price I get for the calves, I just don't have any heifers to retain.</p><p></p><p>I am looking at either buying bred heifers or weaned heifers.</p><p></p><p>I can buy spring calving Angus heifers for $1600-1800 per head (plus shipping). If I buy them now I of course will have to feed them hay from about the middle of Nov to middle of March. Better to buy them now? Or buy them in the spring for a higher price?</p><p>Other option is buying some weaned heifers but if I can't find some that have been pre-weaned and preconditioned, I might lose a few and at $1000 a heifer sounds like would be cheaper to go with the bred heifers? Plus I won't get any calves until 2015.</p><p></p><p>What do you think?</p><p>Oh and for you fortune tellers- is next year going to bet a wet one here in north Texas? :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johndeerefarmer, post: 1059803, member: 2084"] Well after three years of drought I am down to less than half my normal carrying capacity and need to expand. In the past I have always kept my heifer calves back and used them for replacements. This new Angus bull however for the last two years has given me about 85% bulls- I can't complain about the price I get for the calves, I just don't have any heifers to retain. I am looking at either buying bred heifers or weaned heifers. I can buy spring calving Angus heifers for $1600-1800 per head (plus shipping). If I buy them now I of course will have to feed them hay from about the middle of Nov to middle of March. Better to buy them now? Or buy them in the spring for a higher price? Other option is buying some weaned heifers but if I can't find some that have been pre-weaned and preconditioned, I might lose a few and at $1000 a heifer sounds like would be cheaper to go with the bred heifers? Plus I won't get any calves until 2015. What do you think? Oh and for you fortune tellers- is next year going to bet a wet one here in north Texas? :lol: [/QUOTE]
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