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
Breeds Board
Stirring the pot on the LH/corriente topic
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="rocfarm" data-source="post: 1838172" data-attributes="member: 42715"><p>More like $643 per head for all 8 head. Take off the bull and $478 per head. But they aren't reallly 'true' corriente. The Hereford was a pure bred with a Braford calf.</p><p></p><p>But I added all my expenses up and am at about $11,000 total. That includes $650 for things like Remedy Ultra+ diesel to spray mesquites, $200 for diesel to fix road and clean out tanks, $1350 for water troughs (I laid pex pipe to four different pastures from the well and used expensive hoses and fittings to set them up hoping to make them burst-proof in freezes), gas to and from my place, banding tool, 14 gauge wire, feed and tubs, etc.</p><p></p><p>If I multiply the 8 I have left by $643 per head, that'd be $5224. Add that to the $5450 (I subtracted my gas and auction fees from my gross sales, that's net income) I got from destocking due to drought, that'd be $10,674 total. So, by that metric, even counting the cattle I still have on the place, I haven't gotten my money back. But the herd I have left is one bull, 3 heifers (one should calve as early as April and at least by June), 3 cows and one steer.</p><p></p><p>Will sell the steer in July. Will keep females and rotate bulls/buy replacements as needed to get to goal of 9 to 10 calves each year, God wiling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocfarm, post: 1838172, member: 42715"] More like $643 per head for all 8 head. Take off the bull and $478 per head. But they aren't reallly 'true' corriente. The Hereford was a pure bred with a Braford calf. But I added all my expenses up and am at about $11,000 total. That includes $650 for things like Remedy Ultra+ diesel to spray mesquites, $200 for diesel to fix road and clean out tanks, $1350 for water troughs (I laid pex pipe to four different pastures from the well and used expensive hoses and fittings to set them up hoping to make them burst-proof in freezes), gas to and from my place, banding tool, 14 gauge wire, feed and tubs, etc. If I multiply the 8 I have left by $643 per head, that'd be $5224. Add that to the $5450 (I subtracted my gas and auction fees from my gross sales, that's net income) I got from destocking due to drought, that'd be $10,674 total. So, by that metric, even counting the cattle I still have on the place, I haven't gotten my money back. But the herd I have left is one bull, 3 heifers (one should calve as early as April and at least by June), 3 cows and one steer. Will sell the steer in July. Will keep females and rotate bulls/buy replacements as needed to get to goal of 9 to 10 calves each year, God wiling. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Stirring the pot on the LH/corriente topic
Top