Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Running Summer stockers only
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="newrancher" data-source="post: 572925" data-attributes="member: 6263"><p>Divide your pasture as nova suggested, and look at buying sooner,or keeping longer. You are gonna need the hay, so plan around that. Buying 3250lbs of meat and selling 2550 lbs of meat, monetarily you cant break even, however your meat in the freezer does have value and will taste better. Buy heifers, they will taste just as good ,and give you another option. Buy from a neighbor with good herd health if possible, make a fair deal. Admittedly this has been an exceptional year for us here, fertilized heavy last fall and lots of rain, but I have 12 calves right now on 10 acres and have had 2 cuttings of hay. In my experience 500lbers will do the best for you as far as profit margin goes, it may be different in your area, but your initial purchase price will be your biggest single expense, so buy wisely. Good Luck and keep us informed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="newrancher, post: 572925, member: 6263"] Divide your pasture as nova suggested, and look at buying sooner,or keeping longer. You are gonna need the hay, so plan around that. Buying 3250lbs of meat and selling 2550 lbs of meat, monetarily you cant break even, however your meat in the freezer does have value and will taste better. Buy heifers, they will taste just as good ,and give you another option. Buy from a neighbor with good herd health if possible, make a fair deal. Admittedly this has been an exceptional year for us here, fertilized heavy last fall and lots of rain, but I have 12 calves right now on 10 acres and have had 2 cuttings of hay. In my experience 500lbers will do the best for you as far as profit margin goes, it may be different in your area, but your initial purchase price will be your biggest single expense, so buy wisely. Good Luck and keep us informed. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Running Summer stockers only
Top