Replacement heifers

[gcreekrch]

 

[coachg]

How many in that group ?

 

[gcreekrch]

How many in that group ?

I think 231

 

[ClinchValley86]

Purdy

 

[coachg]

I think 231

Good looking broody bunch from what I can tell . We’ve got about 30 . Going to cull that down to 20 . The most we’ve ever kept .

 

[gcreekrch]

Good looking broody bunch from what I can tell . We’ve got about 30 . Going to cull that down to 20 . The most we’ve ever kept .

We will sell a bunch as bred next fall. And whatever is open of course.

 

[farmerjan]

Nice looking group. Looks cold in the pictures. Is the market good there for breds? Is it a better market to breed and sell as bred or sell when you bring them in and wean? I assume that you "play the market" and find ways to make different classes of animals make money... like us buying a few bull calves to add to our groups of steers to make bigger groups.

 

[gcreekrch]

Moved feed panels yesterday. Had lots of help.

 

[farmerjan]

You are warmer than we are... we haven't had any kind of melting .... no water or mud...
Maybe next week... single digits and below 0 wind chills for days on end are NOT normal here...

 

[jltrent]

You are warmer than we are... we haven't had any kind of melting .... no water or mud...
Maybe next week... single digits and below 0 wind chills for days on end are NOT normal here...

It has dragged on and getting old, the wind is a special kind of cold. I had a lot of hay up, but the last 3-4 weeks some piles have disappeared. I am ready for spring. Next week looks better, days getting longer daylight.

Good looking heifers.

 

[Dave]

In 2013 to 2016 I bought heifers this time of the year which I bred in the spring and sold in the fall as bred heifers. On Thursday a great looking draft of reputation heifers sold. 70 head of great heifers the right size, triple vaccinated, and long time weaned. I forget the exact weight and price per pound. But the 70 head cost a little over $200,000. I later did the math on the cost to buy, feed, breed, and sell in the fall. It came out on the good side but not by that much.

 

[Texas G@l]

In 2013 to 2016 I bought heifers this time of the year which I bred in the spring and sold in the fall as bred heifers. On Thursday a great looking draft of reputation heifers sold. 70 head of great heifers the right size, triple vaccinated, and long time weaned. I forget the exact weight and price per pound. But the 70 head cost a little over $200,000. I later did the math on the cost to buy, feed, breed, and sell in the fall. It came out on the good side but not by that much.

I know some folks currently playing that game with 125 purchased heifers. I sure hope it works for them ....margins are way too close for my comfort.

 

[Dave]

I know some folks currently playing that game with 125 purchased heifers. I sure hope it works for them ....margins are way too close for my comfort.

Yep. I know the math of that program. Buy 70 heifers. 10 will fail to breed. To get top dollar you sell a truck load on the video.. A truck load of 1,000 lb heifers is 50 head, That leaves 10 head of cut outs which sell for less at a local sale. The cut outs will be the smallest ugly ones. At $4,000 a head for the 50 you are just short of the purchase price of the 70 I watched sell. That leaves the other 20 to pay for the feed, breeding, vaccinations, fuel, and sale commission. Not a lot of profit for risking a lot of money.