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
So you want to buy top of the breed cows?
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="Angus Cowman" data-source="post: 812939" data-attributes="member: 8829"><p>remember these comments come from a commercial producer</p><p></p><p>I have always felt that to have a reg cow herd you have to </p><p> be able to afford to buy above average reg cows and most of them can't be bought for less than $2500 at the least</p><p> you have to breed them to a good bull or set of bulls to halve the type of calves that will influence your herd in a positive way and also be very critical of your cows and calves and cull heavily and never even let a marginal calf remain intact or in the breeding program </p><p> DON'T sell any average calves if they aren't an improvement over what you already have and would like to keep them in your herd or you don't need to sell them to someone else </p><p> I also beleive it will take several yrs for a reg breeder to get to the point where he can sell any offspring of his herd because he will be needing to improve his herd and expand on his breeding goals </p><p>1 bad calf and everyone will know about it even if it was to your neighbor or buddy just as a cow freshener </p><p>CULL HARD </p><p>and the one reason most small breeders never make it in the reg business is they can't afford to cull like they need to to be competitive so they have alot of $$$$ invested that they may never see a profit out of </p><p>as most of their calves will get sold just like commercial calves </p><p>too many people are paper blind just because it has papers doesn't mean it is any good</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angus Cowman, post: 812939, member: 8829"] remember these comments come from a commercial producer I have always felt that to have a reg cow herd you have to be able to afford to buy above average reg cows and most of them can't be bought for less than $2500 at the least you have to breed them to a good bull or set of bulls to halve the type of calves that will influence your herd in a positive way and also be very critical of your cows and calves and cull heavily and never even let a marginal calf remain intact or in the breeding program DON'T sell any average calves if they aren't an improvement over what you already have and would like to keep them in your herd or you don't need to sell them to someone else I also beleive it will take several yrs for a reg breeder to get to the point where he can sell any offspring of his herd because he will be needing to improve his herd and expand on his breeding goals 1 bad calf and everyone will know about it even if it was to your neighbor or buddy just as a cow freshener CULL HARD and the one reason most small breeders never make it in the reg business is they can't afford to cull like they need to to be competitive so they have alot of $$$$ invested that they may never see a profit out of as most of their calves will get sold just like commercial calves too many people are paper blind just because it has papers doesn't mean it is any good [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
So you want to buy top of the breed cows?
Top