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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 401398" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>Its alll about what your goal is with YOUR operation.</p><p></p><p>Are you trying to make the most money you can?</p><p></p><p>Are you trying to strive for quality of livestock?</p><p></p><p>Are you trying to keep taxes down, pay to maintain, and maybe add a few improvements to inherited land or owned land?</p><p></p><p>Are you just in it for the fun of it because you like it?</p><p></p><p>Around here anything less than 20 cows and you are just trying to keep the grass down.</p><p></p><p>Less than a 100 head is small, 100-250 is medium, more than that is large.</p><p></p><p>A big factor is what your time is worth... feed is set, cattle prices are set, ect... </p><p></p><p>A fat cow will make a calf just like a skinny cow. If I have to spend alot of time going out and feeding, watching, researching, working cows, ect... my profit just went down the tube becuse my time is expensive.</p><p></p><p>As far as leasing and getting loans on cattle or land. IF you do have the cash to buy a herd and or land you would be stupid to use it. That money will make you alot more, alot quicker invested in the market. Its ok to take a little cash to put down to get loans, low interest rates, low payments ect... but after that let the cattle support themselves... including payng off their own note.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 401398, member: 6291"] Its alll about what your goal is with YOUR operation. Are you trying to make the most money you can? Are you trying to strive for quality of livestock? Are you trying to keep taxes down, pay to maintain, and maybe add a few improvements to inherited land or owned land? Are you just in it for the fun of it because you like it? Around here anything less than 20 cows and you are just trying to keep the grass down. Less than a 100 head is small, 100-250 is medium, more than that is large. A big factor is what your time is worth... feed is set, cattle prices are set, ect... A fat cow will make a calf just like a skinny cow. If I have to spend alot of time going out and feeding, watching, researching, working cows, ect... my profit just went down the tube becuse my time is expensive. As far as leasing and getting loans on cattle or land. IF you do have the cash to buy a herd and or land you would be stupid to use it. That money will make you alot more, alot quicker invested in the market. Its ok to take a little cash to put down to get loans, low interest rates, low payments ect... but after that let the cattle support themselves... including payng off their own note. [/QUOTE]
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