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<blockquote data-quote="Caustic Burno" data-source="post: 732978" data-attributes="member: 694"><p>All right as this whole thread has seemed unbeliveable.</p><p>You say you have limited resourses I can respect that and you are buying 250 to 300 pound calves.</p><p>There are many reasons for a beef producer to sell calves that light and none of them are good.</p><p>You would have to ask yourself in todays market and prices why is he choosing to loose his butt.</p><p></p><p>Lets get back to the bank roll, for arguement sake lets keep everthing simple.</p><p>You pay a dollar a pound for a 250 pound heifer(current price here) and lets say she is 3 months and it cost a dollar a day to upkeep her.</p><p>To get her to breeding age of 14 months if she has grown off enough being pulled off the cow that early is going to cost you 335 dollars.</p><p>You now have a gestation period of 283 days at dollar a day and pray she doesn't have calving problems with your inexperience or the price just went up drastically.</p><p>You have another 205 days in the precious newborn before you sell.</p><p>Now you have spent 250 dollars to buy the heifer 335 dollars to get her to breeding age another 283 dollars until calving and another 205 until weaning you have spent nearly eleven hundred dollars to produce that calf. </p><p></p><p>You buy a SS heavy at eight months for 400 she calves out and raises you a 600 pound calf at 205 days.</p><p>You have 605 dollars in a 7 month old calf haul the dam back to the salebarn and sell at slaughter prices, what you paid for her. Lets say you get 350 for her that 600 pound healthy calf has cost you 255 dollars,, much cheaper per pound and you can bet healthier.</p><p> You have 215 days until she is old enough to breed 283 days gestation and 205 weaning.</p><p>So now you have spent a total of 950 bucks to get that calf.</p><p>You started out with a much healtier heifer who is going to have much better growth off momma until weaning with a lot less stress reducing your calving difficulties big time on a heifer. </p><p>Calving heifers is a gamble to start and even greater if you end up with stunted pot bellies.</p><p></p><p>You are not saving money you are not minimizing problems with the calf as you will never do as good a job as the cow in raising a calf. </p><p>Buying calves as young as you describe through the sale barn to start a cow herd is going to be more costly and have a lot more potholes in the road to getting to where you want to be.</p><p>If anyone tells you this is the cheapest or easiest way to get into cattle your leg is getting wet and its not raining.</p><p>You would be miles ahead from where you are now buying an old Jersy nurse cow and buying day olds for her to raise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caustic Burno, post: 732978, member: 694"] All right as this whole thread has seemed unbeliveable. You say you have limited resourses I can respect that and you are buying 250 to 300 pound calves. There are many reasons for a beef producer to sell calves that light and none of them are good. You would have to ask yourself in todays market and prices why is he choosing to loose his butt. Lets get back to the bank roll, for arguement sake lets keep everthing simple. You pay a dollar a pound for a 250 pound heifer(current price here) and lets say she is 3 months and it cost a dollar a day to upkeep her. To get her to breeding age of 14 months if she has grown off enough being pulled off the cow that early is going to cost you 335 dollars. You now have a gestation period of 283 days at dollar a day and pray she doesn't have calving problems with your inexperience or the price just went up drastically. You have another 205 days in the precious newborn before you sell. Now you have spent 250 dollars to buy the heifer 335 dollars to get her to breeding age another 283 dollars until calving and another 205 until weaning you have spent nearly eleven hundred dollars to produce that calf. You buy a SS heavy at eight months for 400 she calves out and raises you a 600 pound calf at 205 days. You have 605 dollars in a 7 month old calf haul the dam back to the salebarn and sell at slaughter prices, what you paid for her. Lets say you get 350 for her that 600 pound healthy calf has cost you 255 dollars,, much cheaper per pound and you can bet healthier. You have 215 days until she is old enough to breed 283 days gestation and 205 weaning. So now you have spent a total of 950 bucks to get that calf. You started out with a much healtier heifer who is going to have much better growth off momma until weaning with a lot less stress reducing your calving difficulties big time on a heifer. Calving heifers is a gamble to start and even greater if you end up with stunted pot bellies. You are not saving money you are not minimizing problems with the calf as you will never do as good a job as the cow in raising a calf. Buying calves as young as you describe through the sale barn to start a cow herd is going to be more costly and have a lot more potholes in the road to getting to where you want to be. If anyone tells you this is the cheapest or easiest way to get into cattle your leg is getting wet and its not raining. You would be miles ahead from where you are now buying an old Jersy nurse cow and buying day olds for her to raise. [/QUOTE]
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