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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky" data-source="post: 1690132" data-attributes="member: 32659"><p>You are correct on weaning weight and gain. I'm usually a dime back on heifers though. The feed bin allows me to save on feed cost by buying a truckload at a time. Last I checked 75 cents of sack feed was for the sack. Another plus is not having to go to the feed store everyday. The feed hopper on the truck lets me feed fast and easily in troughs so there's very little to no wasted feed. I feed 6-8#'s a day from weaning in mid November until grass comes on in mid March or so. I feed very little if any hay to the yearlings, thinking 8 bales last year. I could easily push harder and get a better gain but in my experience buyers don't want fleshy calves, they want a long weaned yearling with a big frame. When looking at the OKC report you'll see fleshy calves are always docked pretty hard. Once winter is over it really doesn't cost to run the yearlings so I rotate them in behind the cows and let them eat grass. I'm definitely no expert on this but just tried different things until I found what works for me. One of the things that I think every cattle person should do is work really hard at being able to hold in a down market. I learned that lesson the hard way several years in a row. I also am able to use the feed truck and bin for the mother cows to reduce cost on that side.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky, post: 1690132, member: 32659"] You are correct on weaning weight and gain. I’m usually a dime back on heifers though. The feed bin allows me to save on feed cost by buying a truckload at a time. Last I checked 75 cents of sack feed was for the sack. Another plus is not having to go to the feed store everyday. The feed hopper on the truck lets me feed fast and easily in troughs so there’s very little to no wasted feed. I feed 6-8#’s a day from weaning in mid November until grass comes on in mid March or so. I feed very little if any hay to the yearlings, thinking 8 bales last year. I could easily push harder and get a better gain but in my experience buyers don’t want fleshy calves, they want a long weaned yearling with a big frame. When looking at the OKC report you’ll see fleshy calves are always docked pretty hard. Once winter is over it really doesn’t cost to run the yearlings so I rotate them in behind the cows and let them eat grass. I’m definitely no expert on this but just tried different things until I found what works for me. One of the things that I think every cattle person should do is work really hard at being able to hold in a down market. I learned that lesson the hard way several years in a row. I also am able to use the feed truck and bin for the mother cows to reduce cost on that side. [/QUOTE]
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