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<blockquote data-quote="Lon" data-source="post: 876124" data-attributes="member: 16174"><p>Yeah beings how i am just starting (not new to cattle though i have experiance but can always learn) buying my own cows i would have to get the quality stock for raising seed stock but i have to buy cows either way for that or commercial operation. i could be in the wrong thought process here so someone do tell me if i am, but there are few reasons i dont want to go for seedstock. 1.I do not belive that i know enough to raise a good quailty bull.(i know what i want but that doesnt mean its what someone else does) so i believe there are better people out there for that than me. 2. If starting with only 50 head i figure on seedstock than say 25 bull calves 25 heifers this wouldnt be it cause of loss but just as a easy figure. Out of those 25 bull calves i would think you would probably only save the top 25-50% to keep as bulls. so i have some expensive cows to make steers the same as i would if i went with comercial cows instead of reg. cows but dont have as big a payment with comercial and i dont get the benifit off a cross bred on those momma cows raising steers. and i could be wrong but i would assume every bull and heifer raised will not be of quality that if my name was attached to it i would want sold to people. 3. With the amount of culling on bulls and hiefer calves that dont make the cut to produce a quality breeding stock i dont think 50 head would give me adaquit amount to choose from. 4. I assume that more poeple fail when trying to go into the seed stock business vs. comercial operation. </p><p>As far as marketing the calves i figured i would keep all replacement hiefers that i felt were good for building herd. Than my plan was to take the rest after weaning carrying through winter and putting on grass as yearling the next spring until heavy enough to sell. Everything would be sold through sale barn (most stock i know of around here is sold through the barn)while frowing more than likely but am looking at a few different prgrams like straus and the such. This is why i was wondering about feeding them out and selling on the rail like someone was talking about because i figured i keeping as far as putting through grass than might not be all that much longer. My knowledge stops after the yearling are on grass. i know a few guys that wean and feed out over winter than sell to someone who takes them the rest but i dont know alot about that. everyone i ever helped just takes them through on grass if keeping them after weaning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lon, post: 876124, member: 16174"] Yeah beings how i am just starting (not new to cattle though i have experiance but can always learn) buying my own cows i would have to get the quality stock for raising seed stock but i have to buy cows either way for that or commercial operation. i could be in the wrong thought process here so someone do tell me if i am, but there are few reasons i dont want to go for seedstock. 1.I do not belive that i know enough to raise a good quailty bull.(i know what i want but that doesnt mean its what someone else does) so i believe there are better people out there for that than me. 2. If starting with only 50 head i figure on seedstock than say 25 bull calves 25 heifers this wouldnt be it cause of loss but just as a easy figure. Out of those 25 bull calves i would think you would probably only save the top 25-50% to keep as bulls. so i have some expensive cows to make steers the same as i would if i went with comercial cows instead of reg. cows but dont have as big a payment with comercial and i dont get the benifit off a cross bred on those momma cows raising steers. and i could be wrong but i would assume every bull and heifer raised will not be of quality that if my name was attached to it i would want sold to people. 3. With the amount of culling on bulls and hiefer calves that dont make the cut to produce a quality breeding stock i dont think 50 head would give me adaquit amount to choose from. 4. I assume that more poeple fail when trying to go into the seed stock business vs. comercial operation. As far as marketing the calves i figured i would keep all replacement hiefers that i felt were good for building herd. Than my plan was to take the rest after weaning carrying through winter and putting on grass as yearling the next spring until heavy enough to sell. Everything would be sold through sale barn (most stock i know of around here is sold through the barn)while frowing more than likely but am looking at a few different prgrams like straus and the such. This is why i was wondering about feeding them out and selling on the rail like someone was talking about because i figured i keeping as far as putting through grass than might not be all that much longer. My knowledge stops after the yearling are on grass. i know a few guys that wean and feed out over winter than sell to someone who takes them the rest but i dont know alot about that. everyone i ever helped just takes them through on grass if keeping them after weaning. [/QUOTE]
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